Re: Prefered Linux Dialect...

[JRB Technology <jrbtech@xxxxxxxxx>]

Why not just install Linux on a sperate box. All you need is an old PC
if you want to play with it. It might be cheaper to buy a simple
server with Linux then to spend a lot of time configuring it to run on
the AS400 hardware.....

-jim


On 5/2/05, Peter Grace <pgrace@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello everyone!
> 
> I thought I'd put my two cents in as well.  I'm not too guru-like on my
> 400 knowledge (still a relative admin newbie) but I've been using Linux
> since '95 and I'd have to say that I'd prefer SuSE over Red Hat.
> 
> It's just always seemed to me that the SuSE people "had their stuff
> together" whereas many redhat releases have always seemed cobbled
> together at the last minute.  Although I have a few friends that work
> for RedHat, I do have to tip my head to the SuSE crew, since they've
> always seemed to be the quiet innovators who deliver a solid distro.
> 
> If I had my choice, I'd run Debian on an LPAR, but as far as I know
> there's no debian project yet for the '400.
> 
> Pete
> 
> 
> Larry Bolhuis wrote:
> > I believe IBM's favorite is Suse. They use Suse as the base for the HMC
> > code. I get the impression from those in Rochester that it is the
> > preferred distro also.
> >
> > But I disagree. My preference is RH as it seems the distro of choice
> > here in the US. I have 10 to 1 RH to Suse on the servers I work on.
> > Although if you think IBM's key management is bad, holy mackerel try RH.
> >
> > My .02
> >
> >  - Larry
> >
> > Don wrote:
> >
> >> Jim/Larry, et al...
> >>
> >> you can now get both Red Hat and Suse to run on iSeries LPAR...  Which
> >> one
> >> is the prefered and why?
> >>
> >> tks
> >>
> >> Don in DC
> >>
> >
> 
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